Stories from Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Louise Goff, 85, of Schell City, died on June 25, 2012, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 28, at the Schell City Christian Church. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., just prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Green Lawn Cemetery, Schell City. Memorials are suggested to Schell City Volunteer Fire Department in care of the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home...

June 16 Floyd Kennedy was arrested for DWI-alcohol and driving while revoked. Bond is $50,500. Blake Hibbs was arrested for failure to appear. Bond is $610. Joshua Leon was released on $10,000 bond. Darrell Link was released on $183 bond. Derek McCoy was released on $10,000 bond...

Nevada Daily Mail If you think you'll feel like taking a competitive jog across Marmaduke Park Saturday morning, the Nevada Rotary Club wants to meet you in your workout clothes and running shoes. The organization's Second Annual Run Amuk 5K Run and Walk will fire the starting pistol at 8 a.m. Saturday to raise money for college scholarships for area students...

Nevada Daily Mail Last summer, when candidates began posturing for the 2012 U.S. Senate race, few Missourians had even heard of John Brunner. Now, the St. Louis Republican is outpacing the other top two GOP candidates U.S Congressman Todd Akin and former Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman in the American Viewpoint poll that interviewed 600 "likely GOP primary voters" last week...

Rusty Murry/Daily Mail Barbara York, a candidate for the 126th District state representative seat, speaks to a gathering of more than three dozen consumers, community members and employees of On My Own, Inc. during a "Missouri Get Out the Vote Project" Lunch and Learn event held in the meeting room at On My Own Tuesday. ...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police Officer David Henley has once again been recognized for his outstanding service to the community. Henley was presented with the "Peace Officer of the Year" Award from the Missouri Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment during a spring conference held at the Lake of the Ozarks in May...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail There are no plans to move the veterans memorial located on the Vernon County Courthouse lawn. In fact, the unanimous and resounding answer from the Davis Park subcommittee to concerns raised by American Legion Commander Alvin Mohlfield during the subcommittee's monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center, was that there were never any such plans...

Football season is quickly approaching

NEVADA--The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named two Cottey College Comets to the list of academic student-athlete award winners. Softball players Taylor Buck and Kelly Spong were both named to the Exemplary Academic Achievement Award list...

Griffons struggling offensively

Varian and Connie Garton of Milo, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Garton of Nevada, to Brad Toellner of Boonville, Mo., son of Tom and Sharron Toellner of Boonville. Bride-elect Garton is a 1996 graduate of Nevada High School, and a 1999 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, with a degree in agriculture education business. She is employed by the Maritz Travel Company of St. Louis, as a senior travel director...